Main
findings:

The more educated the population of a state, (as
measured by the percentage of the population with a Bachelor's degree or
higher), the less likely that state was to vote for George W. Bush in the
2000 Presidential Election (p<0.001).

In addition, the higher
the rate of obesity in a state, the more likely that state was to vote for
Bush (p<0.01).

If education or obesity
correlates with race, then it could be race, rather than education or
obesity that is actually the strong predictor of voting behavior. What we
see is that the more Caucasian a state is, the more likely it was to vote
for Bush (p<0.01).

The number of Walmart
stores per capita in a state also correlates with votes for Bush
(p<0.0001).

When racial makeup,
education, obesity, and Walmarts are all included in a multiple
regression, race (b=0.225; t(49)=2.118;
p<0.05), education (b=-0.386;
t(49)=-2.911; p<0.01), and Walmart concentration (b=0.331;
t(49)=2.618;
p<0.05) are all significant factors.

Sources for the
numbers:

Obesity data are from a report by the non-profit
American Public Health Association, as reported here

Education
data are from a 2003 supplement to the 2000 U.S. census, as reported here